A Front Loader Fork lift had a broken fork. Some folks say they don’t have much luck with welding the fork on a forklift back together. I do my best to not depend on “luck” to determine what I can or cannot do. There is a specific procedure to weld these together. First you must make certain the forks are parellel and they are lined up right.

Then preheat the forks to ensure the weld does not cool down too quickly as the forks are being welded. It is critical that the filler rod is tougher than E7018 because the forks are typically a medium carbon steel and tougher than mild steel, I used E10018.

Here I used the back of my truck to align the forks, as if the truck needed the additional weight on it, it held up alright.